First is its unique combination of period swordplay — a genre known in Japanese as chanbara — and folklore-inspired ... as a TV documentary deemed "too scary" for broadcast, about a paranormal ...

And many of those original films have a basis in traditional Japanese folklore. Sadako from Ringu ... water’s power enough to be effectively scary. The movie ends up feeling a hodgepodge ...

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Some myths exist to scare people for a reason. When a film gets one of those myths right, the fear feels heavier because the story already lives somewhere deep in your mind.

Kurama, the fearsome nine-tailed fox in Naruto, draws inspiration from Japanese folklore's kitsune, magical foxes known for their cunning and transformative abilities. His character arc ...

If Jorōgumo is the killer, then it is a Yokai part of Japanese folklore. Per folklore, Jorōgumo is a brutal, deadly, and beautiful spider-woman that preys on handsome young men. This could mean ...

On the way you'll encounter all sorts of yōkai - ghosts from Japanese folklore - that from my experience don't go down without a fight. Usually, I'd say Halloween should be strictly reserved for ...

Japanese children enjoy kaidan (scary stories) with a school setting ... or art were not that common. “In folklore studies, the toilet is seen as a boundary space between this world and the ...